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Stem Ciders, LLC

Lafayette · Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Stem Ciders, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$4.0M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
0.2×
Latest step-up
Top 39%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Dec 30 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Stem Ciders, LLC looks under-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.23× the median modeled value of Seed Other companies in 2019–2021 (1101 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 6.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Stem Ciders, LLC behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.

Issuer structure
Company-like
No recurring-offering pattern strong enough to override normal financing interpretation.
Lifecycle
13.1 yr record
Peak capital year was 2017 with $2.1M across 1 filings.
Market position
ahead of 62% of Other peers
Capital scale is ahead of 62% of Other peers; modeled value is above 30% of peers by modeled value. Large capital with mid-pack modeled value can signal an issuer/program profile rather than operating-company growth.
Valuation reliability
Lower applicability
Stage/dilution valuation models are weakest when the issuer is broad-sector, recurring, or vehicle-like.
Operating evidence
Sparse
No clear CEO/founder/principal role is surfaced, so operating-company confidence is lower.
Data quality
Consistent
Canonical totals and visible filing detail are broadly aligned.
What triggered this
  • Legal name looks like an issuer vehicle rather than a product company.
  • Sector is still broad/Other, so operating comparables are weak.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2017: $2.1M across 1 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $2.1M on 2017-06-29.
How to read the page
  • Read this less like a startup funding journey and more like a capital-raising program.
  • Stage-based valuation and peer labels have lower applicability for this pattern.
  • The more important signal is lifecycle: repeated filings ended years ago, so current activity needs outside confirmation.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Other

Stem Ciders, LLC is one of 25008 Other companies tracked from Lafayette. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 62% of sector peers), and in the long tail by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
3
Investors (latest)
2019-12-30
First sale
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$13M$25M$38M$50MPre-Seed · 2013-06-07 Raised $351K (real) Modeled valuation $8.1M (est)$351K$8.1MPre-Seed2013Seed · 2016-01-25 Raised $1.2M (real) Modeled valuation $22M (est)$1.2M$22MSeed2016Seed · 2017-06-29 Raised $2.1M (real) Modeled valuation $39M (est)$2.1M$39MSeed2017Seed · 2019-12-30 Raised $340K (real) Modeled valuation $6.3M (est)$340K$6.3MSeed2019+$1.2M+$2.1M+$340KCumulative $4.0M

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Pre-Seed$351K · 2013
Seed$1.2M · 2016
Seed extension$2.1M · 2017
Seed extension$340K · 2019

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$6.3M
Base estimate est.
$306K
Conservative case
$49.5M
Upside case
$1.7M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seeda $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $8.1M · 2013-06-072013Seed · modeled $22.4M · 2016-01-25Seed · modeled $39.5M · 2017-06-29Seed · modeled $6.3M · 2019-12-302019
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
40%
Survival probability
18% low · 62% high
1.45×/yr
Annual markup
1.90×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
6.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
26 mo
Avg between rounds
$613K/yr
Capital velocity
13.1 yr
On record since
2013
First round
4
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 25008 companies in Other. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 2.0× above median
This company$4.0M
Sector median$2.0M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.2× of median
This company$340K
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.4× of median
This company$6.3M
Sector median$17.7M

Raised more than 62% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 30% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Seed) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #1042 of 1,101.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)SEAM Group Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)AL International Holdings Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)BlueStripe Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)INSIDE THESE CASTLE WALLS DEVELOPMENT Ltd LIABILITY Co · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Clean Beam, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Yardstik, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Esperos, Inc. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Exotic Breeding Partnership LLC 5 · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.4M (est)Labyrinthe Holdings Corp · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.3M (est)HemTex Holdings, LLC · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $74.3M (est)Phg Oz I, Llc · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $73.7M (est)Betasv L.P. · Seed Raised $4.0M · modeled $73.3M (est)Stem Ciders, LLC (this company) Raised $4.0M · modeled $6.3M (est)Stem Ciders, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
SEAM Group Holdings, LLCSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
AL International Holdings Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
BlueStripe Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
INSIDE THESE CASTLE WALLS DEVELOPMENT Ltd LIABILITY CoSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Clean Beam, LLCSeed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Yardstik, Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Esperos, Inc.Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Exotic Breeding Partnership LLC 5Seed$4.0M$74.4M2.67×
Labyrinthe Holdings CorpSeed$4.0M$74.3M2.66×
HemTex Holdings, LLCSeed$4.0M$74.3M2.66×
Phg Oz I, LlcSeed$4.0M$73.7M2.64×
Betasv L.P.Seed$4.0M$73.3M2.63×
Stem Ciders, LLC this companySeed$4.0M$6.3M0.23×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Pre-Seed$351K2013-06-07$2.0M$8.1M85%
Seed$1.2M2016-01-25$6.0M$22.4M85%
Seed$2.1M2017-06-29$10.6M$39.5M90%
Seed$340K2019-12-30$1.7M$6.3M90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Pre-Seed$351K2013-06-07
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 27 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$1.2M2016-01-25
    • Raised again after 32 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 504).
    • 17 investors on this round.
  3. Seed$2.1M2017-06-29
    • Raised again after 17 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 24 investors on this round.
  4. Seed$340K2019-12-30
    • Raised again after 30 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 6.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 3 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~26mo cadence
$340K
Modeled next size est.range $340K$543K
0.2×
Last step-up
$613K/yr
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Eric Foster4 other2019-12
Christopher J. Bock2 other2017-06
Christopher Bock1 other2019-12
Eric B Foster1 other2013-06
Christopher B. Bock2016-01
Philip B Kao2013-06
Philip Kao2019-12
Phillip B. Kao2016-01
Registry & provenance

Stem Ciders, LLC is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1579337
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Stem Ciders, LLC raised?
Stem Ciders, LLC has raised approximately $4.0M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Stem Ciders, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Stem Ciders, LLC is approximately $6.3M (modeled range $306K–$49.5M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Stem Ciders, LLC at?
Stem Ciders, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Dec 30.
What does Stem Ciders, LLC do and where is it based?
Stem Ciders, LLC operates in the Other sector, based in Lafayette.
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